15/08/2024
IF YOU DIDN'T, NOW YOU KNOW 👇
For ages, women have been binding and supporting their breasts by wrapping bands of fabric across their chests and tying or pinning them in the back.
But the bra; the garment that lifts and separates via cups and straps became part of the world, officially, on November 3, 1914 (the day the United States granted a patent to Mary Phelps Jacobs for the garment she called - brassiere).
The 19 year old had invented it while preparing to go to a dance as she wanted something more comfortable than a corset 😃 to wear under one of her ball gowns.
The statement that changed it all, "Bring me two of my pocket handkerchiefs and some pink ribbon."
According to her, the bra would allow women the freedom of movement that corsets had long prevented.
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